ALTO Newsletter Summer 2022

Dear All, I hope you’re well.

The first post-pandemic high season is coming to an end and the latest news stories suggest that we can look forward to a busy marketing season in international education with face-to-face events this autumn.

The summer season was not without challenges and we would like to invite our members to join the association’s full day professional development and networking event on 5th September where you can discuss your experience with fellow leaders. The #ALTOcpd London2022 event is free of charge for 2 people/ member organisation, please register below.

Talking about face-to-face events, I look forward to seeing many of you at the ST Alphe UK workshop next week. ALTO won’t form a “village” from association members but you can look out for the ALTO info sheet on our members’ tables: 45 of them will be represented at the event.
I will sit at the ALTO table EX45 on the Upper floor, please find me on your meeting manager or come to my table for a chat, it will be great to catch up!

In this Newsletter:

Members’ event: #ALTOcpd London 5th September 2022
Welcome to new ALTO members in Q3
ALTO Trends Barometer – join the project and gain measurable insight
ALTO Best Practice Guidelines – more associations recommend the guidelines to their members
ALTO conference Rome 2022 – we still love the conference video!

Please get in touch if you would like to find out more about our events, projects or membership entry criteria.

I look forward to hearing from you,

Kind regards, Reka

Reka Lenart
ALTO Association Manager

#ALTOcpd London 5th Sep 2022

Returning to our normal cycle of events, we look forward to seeing all ALTO members on Monday 5th September for a full day professional development and networking event.

This will be a great opportunity to share experiences and discuss challenges after the first post-pandemic summer. Read more about the schedule and our first #ALTOcpd session for the day about Growth Hacking by Zohe Mustafa.

Welcome to our new members!

International School of Agri Management, Almeria
ISAM emerged out of a deep knowledge of global agriculture and the recognition of the need to establish an international business school sensitive to the values underpinning the sector. The school aims to facilitate the training needs of international agriculture now and into the future.

Celtic English Academy
Cardiff
We teach English today, so you can start your tomorrow.
Close your eyes and imagine you are on a journey. You are on an English language learning journey to a better future.
At Celtic, we offer small class sizes and we are ready to help you every step of the way.

ALTO Trends Barometer

Accurate, real-time, measurable trends showing weekly arrivals data at course providers around the world.
We promised to keep collecting the data until student numbers reach pre-pandemic levels. We’re not there yet, but we’re preparing a recovery update report in October and currently calling for more schools to join the project.

Best Practice Guidelines – stamp

As we reported earlier this year, the FELCA and IALC Boards have reviewed the ALTO Best Practice Guidelines and decided to recommend it to their members.

The aim of the ALTO Best Practice Guidelines is to create a framework for organisations within the international education industry, where each acknowledges and accepts their reciprocal commitments to work as true partners.
ALTO member associations BELTA and Italian in Italy also agreed to roll out the document to their members and we hope to get more support from industry associations during our meetings at the Alphe UK workshop next week.
If you are an ALTO member, please contact Reka for more details about the ALTO Best Practice Guidelines stamp.

Read the ALTO Best Practice doc here

#ALTOcpd conference Rome 2022

We absolutely love the #ALTOcpd conference Rome 2022 video and would like to share it with you again as we believe it explains really well what we do best. We’re growing and we want you to grow with us!